Anthony Weiner Just Wants to Help!

Following a remarkable, 12-day silence, Anthony Weiner may be ready to once again enter Democratic politics. A report in today’s New York Post alleges that the former congressman and underdeveloped Philip Roth character—Sabbath’s Twitter?—is “calling power brokers and would-be candidates for his old seat, hoping they’ll let him play a role in choosing his own successor.” Fox News is even more excited than the Democratic Party, if you can believe it. One giddy, preening headline on the network’s Web site: “Weiner Caught Inserting Himself Back Into Politics.” As a source told the Post: “He knows the district better than anyone else. He’s interested in a Democrat keeping the seat. I’m pretty sure he’s spoken to everybody.” Yes, that was the initial problem, wasn’t it? The mighty Governor Cuomo—who, by the way, seems like he’ll finally be able to shake that infamous, wonderfully wicked Spy nickname—has not yet scheduled a special election.